Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

Sound body and Mind – supporting the mental health of athletes

The balance that we need to be successful in life is not only about the type dealing with having so many work/life obligations that we lose a sense of perspective…

Rallying around a friend in need

We came across the story of a young man, 14-year old Jared Williams, who became paralyzed due to a hit in a football game last year. No doubt this story…

Seeing the beauty of sports…in person

As reported by AP, “Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, has secured funding to give away 125,000 free tickets to local school children for the 2012 Olympics. Johnson says the deal…

World AIDS Day – let’s team up today and everyday

As we have said about special months dedicated to specific causes, we feel the same about “special” days. We applaud these campaigns for their ability to raise awareness. We also…

National Diabetes Awareness Month/year

We have written about athletes and diabetes before (March 8, 2010 and Aug. 22, 2009). We are now coming to the end of National Diabetes Awareness Month. As we also…

Sports and times to be thankful for

I remain a loyal subscriber to Sports Illustrated. Part of the reason is I can count on the magazine to go beyond stories of actual team and league issues (I…

Justice Alan Page – the first line of defense, then and now

Lester Munson of ESPN.com has a piece on the new biography of one of the NFL’s great players, Hall of Famer Alan Page.  Justice Page was a member of the…

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Our good friends at sportanddev (International Platform on Sport & Development) have put out its weekly update. Please sign up to receive the newsletter on Facebook. Also, don’t forget about…

Rudy Awards 2010 – great kids and great efforts are back

Earlier this year we wrote about the winner of Trusted Sports’ High School Rudy Awards.  The Awards “honor student-athletes who most completely represent the ‘Rudy’ on their team…someone whose contribution…

Running the Good Run (fka Fighting the Good Fight)

The phrase “fighting the good fight” is one that we can all appreciate, the idea that no matter the result, our efforts are noble, and possibly successful. Trying, working hard…